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spinous

3 synonyms and 1 antonym for spinous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Covered with a lot of spines.

Synonyms

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

spiny acanthoid acanthous

Antonyms

Etymology

Either formed from spine and the suffix -ous, or borrowed directly from Latin spinōsus.

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